Lawrence Alma-Tadema - The Roses of Heliogabalus 1888
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
A Victorian Obsession: The Pérez Simón Collection opened at Leighton House Museum on Friday 14 November. It presents rarely seen masterpieces of Victorian art belonging to the Mexican collector Juan Antonio Pérez Simón. Until the 29 March 2015 visitors to Leighton House Museum can experience 52 exceptional paintings from the largest Victorian private art collection outside Great Britain, shown for the first time in the UK - alongside six works by Frederic, Lord Leighton, four of which will be returning to the house in which they were painted.
Imagens excepcionais de Albert Moore, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, Edward Poynter, John Strudwick e John William Godward também são exibidas no ambiente íntimo e esplêndido de Leighton House. Como presidente da Royal Academy, Leighton e sua extraordinária casa estúdio estiveram no centro do mundo da tardia arte vitoriana. Os seus concertos anuais e recepções se tornaram comuns do calendário social artística. Estes artistas conheciam tanto a casa como a própria coleção de Leighton que continha várias imagens deles, incluindo um estudo de nu de Albert Moore, que retorna ao Leighton House pela primeira vez desde 1896 como parte da exposição.
Frederic, Lord Leighton - Crenaia, the nymph of the Dargle ca.1880 Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
Outstanding pictures by Albert Moore, John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones, John William Waterhouse, Edward Poynter, John Strudwick and John William Godward are also displayed in the intimate and splendid environment of Leighton House. As President of the Royal Academy, Leighton and his extraordinary studio-house were at the centre of the late Victorian art world. His annual concerts and receptions became fixtures of the artistic social calendar. These artists knew the house well and Leighton’s own collection contained pictures by several of them, including a nude study by Albert Moore that returns to Leighton House for the first time since 1896 as part of the exhibition.
Frederic, Lord Leighton - Greek girls picking up pebbles by the sea 1871
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
The exhibition has been shown at the Jacquemart-André Museum in Paris, the Chiostro del Bramante in Rome and the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum in Madrid to great acclaim. The exhibition has been curated by Daniel Robbins, Senior Curator at Leighton House Museum and Véronique Gerard Powell who has worked extensively on the Pérez Simón Collection.
Albert Moore A Quartet: A painter’s tribute to the Art of Music 1868
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
With the exception of Leighton’s painting studio, the permanent collection has been cleared from Leighton House and the exhibition hung throughout the historic interiors. Leighton’s extraordinary decorative schemes provide a uniquely appropriate and authentic setting for the pictures belonging to Juan Antonio Pérez Simón, making the exhibition an unmissable event and an unforgettable one-off aesthetic experience.
John Everett Millais The Crown of Love 1875
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
On his collection being displayed at Leighton House, Juan Antonio Pérez Simón commented “It is an honour to be a part of the journey that allows these masterpieces to be shown in such an authentic setting, and in some cases returning to their home. It gives me great joy to know that the public will be able to appreciate these exceptional paintings, making us accomplices in our everlasting duty to nourish the spirit.”
O Conselheiro Timothy Coleridge, o Royal Borough of Kensington e o Membro do Gabinete de Chelsea para a Política de Planejamento, Transportes e Artes, comentou: "É uma grande honra para nós estar hospedando a única exposição UK desta prestigiosa coleção no Leighton House Museum. Não poderia haver local mais apropriado do que a casa-estúdio de Leighton onde alguns dos trabalhos foram realmente pintados e que eram familiar para muitos dos artistas que estão representados na exposição. Estamos ansiosos para receber muitos novos visitantes para descobrirem o museu e a coleção pela primeira vez e desfrutarem de uma experiência estética única. "
John Melhuish Strudwick In the Golden Days 1907 Oil on canvas
The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
Councillor Timothy Coleridge, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Cabinet Member for Planning Policy, Transport and Arts, commented: “It is a great honour for us to be hosting the only UK exhibition of this prestigious collection at Leighton House Museum. There could be no more fitting venue than Leighton’s studio-house where some of the works were actually painted and which was familiar to so many of the artists who are represented in the exhibition. We look forward to welcoming many new visitors to discover the museum and collection for the first time and enjoy a unique aesthetic experience.”
O Curador sênior de Leighton House Museum, Daniel Robbins disse: "Foi uma oportunidade maravilhosa trabalhar tão estreitamente com esta fantástica coleção de imagens. A casa foi agora transformada pelas pinturas e pinturas foram valorizadas, colocadas dentro de interiores decorativos do Leighton; nunca houve uma exposição onde tantas telas marcantes deste período foram mostradas em um ambiente tão especial e simpático. É um cenário único e um momento especial para o público ver estas obras, algumas das quais estão voltando para casa até para o lugar em que foram pintadas.
Frederick Goodall The Finding of Moses 1885
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
O Curador sênior de Leighton House Museum, Daniel Robbins disse: "Foi uma oportunidade maravilhosa trabalhar tão estreitamente com esta fantástica coleção de imagens. A casa foi agora transformada pelas pinturas e pinturas foram valorizadas, colocadas dentro de interiores decorativos do Leighton; nunca houve uma exposição onde tantas telas marcantes deste período foram mostradas em um ambiente tão especial e simpático. É um cenário único e um momento especial para o público ver estas obras, algumas das quais estão voltando para casa até para o lugar em que foram pintadas.
Edward Burne-Jones Pygmalion. The Heart Desires 1871
Oil on canvas The Pérez Simón collection, Mexico
Senior Curator for Leighton House Museum, Daniel Robbins said ‘It has been a wonderful opportunity to work so closely with this fantastic collection of pictures. The House is now transformed by the paintings and the paintings enhanced by setting them within Leighton’s decorative interiors; there has never been an exhibition where so many outstanding pictures of this period has been shown in such a special and sympathetic environment. It’s a unique setting and a special moment for the public to see these works, some of which are returning home to the very place they were painted.
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